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ian mcenery

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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2008, 07:15:36 PM »
David

Penstemons and salvias in December  ???   Ah the balmy south west. ;D
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2008, 07:35:14 PM »
Ian,

And WAY south too.... both are flowering here at the moment!  ;D ;)
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2008, 07:38:31 PM »
Who's barmy? ;D  Fair bit of frost over the past few days but gone from the cars and the greenhouse roof by 0930 latest. Greenhouse thermometer showed minimum temperature just above 0C yesterday morning and it didn't get much above 4C today but still they flower.
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2008, 03:36:57 AM »
A very nice salvia David. Reminds me of Salvia....?  You know the one.....?  Yes you do. I'll think of it soon.
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2008, 03:41:27 AM »
It's not Salvia "Indigo Spires" is it? 

(you have no idea how many times I have to correct writing saliva in these forums.  :-[ ::))
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2008, 08:59:30 AM »
You're just drooling over these lovely plants Paul! ;D
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2008, 09:02:41 AM »
Anthony,

You just had to spit that out, didn't you!!  ::)
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2008, 02:25:49 PM »
Daphne x mantensiana 'Manten'
(note the recognised problem of retained dead flowers with this hybrid.)
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2008, 03:56:59 PM »
A bit of frosty weather here, of course all the ferns look beautiful, but some of the alpines too. The first snowdrops other than the true autumn flowerers are out now - Farringdon Double. I apologise for its surroundings, it is caged to keep cats off the holding bed.
clematis chrysocoma-small.jpg
 frost on potentilla-small.jpg
 frost asplenium-small.jpg
 galanthus farringdon dbl-small.jpg
« Last Edit: December 17, 2008, 04:07:55 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2008, 07:35:12 PM »
A beautiful snowdrop Anne and I swear I won't comment on another one right through the northern winter/spring. I'm pretending there's no such thing.

Your frosty pics are truly lovely. A shame it's so ephemeral but I suppose you wouldn't want it to be perma
(nent)frost  :)
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2008, 07:43:51 PM »
Anne,

Is that a little ground-cover type Clematis?  it looks like it could be quite small, but I haven't come across the name before?
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2008, 09:15:57 AM »
That's a nice snowdrop for this time of year Anne. We have had nothing but torrential rain and high winds since yesterday morning.
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2008, 09:46:34 AM »
It's a little shrubby clematis that came from the ACE collection. I planted it on the rock garden because it was described as 'up to 30cm' or some such. It only reaches that height but spreads to about 1m across. I cut it back hard in spring. It has nice thick-textured velvety leaves and C. montana type flowers through the summer. Never set seed - I think it must need a partner.
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2008, 10:26:16 AM »
Anne,

Very cool Clematis.  Will try to file it away in my mind to pop back when I see it listed somewhere.  It sometimes works.  ::)
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Re: Flowers and foliage Dec 2008
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2008, 05:55:54 PM »
Daphnes in flower for Christmas:
Daphne bholua'Darjeeling'
Daphne laureola
Daphne'Hinton'
« Last Edit: December 20, 2008, 05:58:25 PM by Giles »
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